Best German Red Berry Sauce Or Coulis Rote Grütze Recipes

ROTE GRüTZE (RED BERRY DESSERT)

Steps:

• If you're using fresh fruit, wash the fruit and dry it. Remove the pits, stems, etc., and cut them into smaller pieces where necessary (e.g. when using strawberries). If you are using frozen berries, take them out of the freezer.
• Add the red fruit juice to a medium-sized pot.
• In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with 3-4 tablespoons of fruit juice from the pot. Mix until the cornstarch has dissolved.
• Add the sugar and vanilla extract to the fruit juice in the pot and mix. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove it from the heat. Pour in the dissolved cornstarch while whisking constantly.
• Now add the fresh or frozen berries to the pot with the thickened fruit juice. Stir gently to break as few berries as possible. Return the pot to the hot burner and let the berries simmer on low heat for a few minutes. This will take slightly longer for frozen berries than for fresh berries.
• Once you are happy with the consistency of the berries, pour or ladle the Rote Grütze into bowls. Don't worry if it still appears liquidy, it will get a firmer consistency as it cools. You can sprinkle some sugar on top of the berries or cover them with cling film (it should touch the top of the berries) to avoid skin from forming. Place the bowls in the fridge to chill.
• You can serve Rote Grütze with cold unwhipped cream, vanilla sauce, vanilla ice cream, or normal whipped cream.

ROTE GRüTZE

Steps:

• FOR DESSERT:
• Combine raspberry juice, pureed strawberries and cherry juice in 1 quart measure.
• Add enough grape juice to total 1 quart.
• Pour mixture into heavy saucepan (NOT ALUMINUM).
• Add 2 more cups grape juice.
• Stir in sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice.
• Bring to a boil, uncovered, over medium heat stirring often.
• Combine cornstarch with wine in separate bowl to make a thin, smooth paste.
• As soon as mixture boils, add corn starch paste, whisking vigorously.
• Immediately reduce heat to low; cook and stir for 3 minutes until mixture boils again, thickens, and starch taste is gone.
• Stir in raspberries and cherries gently.
• Heat and stir 1 minute more.
• Remove from heat and stir 1 minute more.
• Cool mixture to room temperature.
• Chill for 24 hours.
• FOR TOPPING:
• Shortly before serving, beat heavy cream with vanilla sugar until slightly thickened, but still thin enough to pour.
• Spoon Rote Grutze into stemmed goblets and top each with a generous ladle of whipped cream and serve.

ROTE GRüTZE GERMAN MIXED BERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Wash fruit and pick through for stems (reserve 3/4 cup).
• Combine the remaining fruit with water (reserving 1 cup), and sugar in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and cook fruit over medium heat until done but still holding its shape.
• Sweeten to taste with more sugar, if needed.
• Stir corn starch into reserved water until dissolved and stir into the juice.
• Bring to boil, cook until thickened, and remove from heat.
• Blend in the rum if desired.
• Mash reserved, uncooked fruit in blender and stir into the thickened juice.
• Eat Rote Grütze either hot or cold and serve with cold milk or cream.

GERMAN CURRY SAUCE FOR WURST

Steps:

• Heat ketchup in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until warm, stirring often.
• Meanwhile, add lots of curry powder- about a teaspoon at a time (I use about 3-4 tsp. total), stirring each time, until it no longer tastes like ketchup, but has a tangy curry taste, stirring constantly.
• Don't go too overboard with the curry; you just want it to lose the sweet ketchupy taste.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the ketchup thickens a bit and takes on a grainy look- this only takes a few minutes.
• Serve immediately with cooked bratwurst or let cool and store in a plastic squeeze bottle in the fridge and use as a condiment for any cooked wurst.
• Serve warm or cold.

GERMAN RED BERRY SAUCE OR COULIS (ROTE GRüTZE)

Steps:

• Rinse and remove stems from currents and raspberries.
• In a medium pot add 2 cups of water. Add the currents and raspberries. Bring to boil and take pot off the heat and set aside to draw the juice and cool slightly, about 1 hour.
• In the meantime wash, half and seed the cherries. Wash, hull, and half or quarter strawberries.
• Go back to current, raspberry and water mixture and pour and stir through a metal sieve into a 4 cup measuring cup. (Remove about 1/4 cup of juice to mix with the cornstarch later).
• To the juice add water to make up to 4 cups liquid. Pour into a sauce pan. Add sugar and start heating over medium heat bring to boil.
• Stir the corn starch into the 1/4 cup of juice until well mixed and not lumpy. Stir into juice to thicken bring to rolling boil for 1 minute.
• Carefully fold the cherries and strawberries into the sauce. Pour into glass bowl.
• So that no skin forms, sprinkle with more sugar. Let cool. Then serve with ice cream or what ever you like. Enjoy.